Posted on 09/13/2015 3:00:06 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Yemen’s government says it won’t participate in UN-brokered peace talks with Houthis unless the rebels withdraw from conquered territory. The talks were to be the second major diplomatic push to end the war.
The office of Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi said in a statement on Sunday there would be no meeting until the Shiite Houthis “recognize international resolution 2216 and agree to implement it unconditionally.”
The United Nations resolution stipulates that the rebels must surrender any weapons taken from state institutions and withdraw from land they have seized. …
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Diplomacy never ended a war...just delayed it’s finish. There needs to be total victory by one side or another. This has been the case throughout history up until about 1952.
Libya, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and nuclear Iran.
Five jewels in the crown of king Brak the first.
Rebel makes them seem like unruly kids who will eventually grow up. Let’s call them what they are, jihadists. They won’t stop until all the opposition is dead or enslaved. (Enslaved is still dead, but more slowly.)
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Not an unreasonable position. The former government won't retake Yemen through negotiation. Even if John Kerry is involved, though they can probably get a promise of a return in 15 years.
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